What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops
With its backs against the wall, and its season on the line, North Carolina hasn’t exactly responded with a sense of urgency.
UNC trails Notre Dame 27-19 at the break.
Notre Dame is 10-17 overall and 2-14 in ACC play. – 10:01 PM
Drew Hill @DrewHill_DM
Some notes on Steven Adams and minutes for top rotation guys.
For reference, minute averages:
Tatum – 37
Lillard – 36
Morant – 32
Jackson – 27
You can expect as the regular season closes (last 3 weeks) that those Morant/JJJ minutes will increase. dailymemphian.com/section/sports… – 4:38 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is ranked #8 in CBS Sports’ updated Top 50 Players of 2022-2023.
1. Jokic
2. Giannis
3. Luka
4. Tatum
5. Embiid
6. KD
7. Curry
8. SGA
9. Dame
10. Ja
All Star ✅
All NBA 🔜 – 5:02 PM
Lev Akabas @LevAkabas
NBA 3 point shootout winners span a very wide range of career makes and percentages
• 2023 champ Dame has the 3rd most makes of any winner
• Daequan Cook remains the strangest winner… a non-elite shooter who only lasted 6 seasons in the NBA
• Steph 🔥 pic.twitter.com/HfgGVYpW1H – 2:50 PM
Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Was this an awesome all-star game? No. But it’s not always like this! Last year’s game was super fun! There were some fun things this year like Jayson Tatum, Tatum vs. JB, the Lillard halfcourter.
We don’t gotta do the referendum on the all-star game. – 11:41 PM
Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Team Giannis wins 184-175 over Team LeBron with both those guys sitting most of it out due to nagging injuries.
Lots of money going to good charities, with $550,000 pocketed by @RaiseFuture….halftime show was great…Dame hitting a halfcourt shot…Tatum record 55 points. – 10:59 PM
Jamie Hudson @JamieHudson_
Dame just casually hitting from behind the half court line. Love how he doesn’t have to heave it all… it’s just a normal shot for him. So easy – 10:56 PM
Eric Walden @tribjazz
FINAL: Team Giannis 184, Team LeBron 175. Markkanen had a shot at the game-winner but it rimmed out. Damian Lillard got the next shot and put it away. – 10:56 PM
Casey Holdahl @CHold
Dame with a go-ahead three and another on the next possession to give Team Giannis the win in the second quarter. – 9:35 PM
Casey Holdahl @CHold
Dame following the advice he got from Kobe at his first All-Star game: Don’t pass, just shoot. – 8:59 PM
Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Lillard sinks what could be the dreaded 5-point shot Pop says NBA should adopt to “make it a real circus.” – 8:56 PM
Casey Holdahl @CHold
Team Giannis (aka the team @Dame_Lillard is on)
Starters: Giannis, Morant, Mitchell, Tatum and Markkanen
Reserves: Dame, Holiday, SGA, DeRozan, Siakam, Adebayo and Sabonis – 8:15 PM

More on this storyline

Clutch Points: Damian Lillard: “I heard when you were saying all these youngins, you didn’t name me.” LeBron James: “I sure didn’t. No I did not.” Dame: “I ain’t old.” LeBron: “You ain’t no youngin no more.” 🤣 pic.twitter.com/1vXZphca9r -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / February 21, 2023
And in the final event of the weekend, the 6-3 point guard in his 11th season out of Weber State made the final shot of the weekend, a 30-foot pullup three from the foul line extended, to give Team Giannis the 184-175 victory over Team LeBron in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game in front of a sellout crowd of 17,886 Sunday night at Vivint Arena. “It’s a real thing, I come up big at the end,” said Lillard. “Obviously tonight wasn’t a game where it was just traps and real defense being played, but just those moments, I always find myself in those moments being the one. This was just another case of that.” -via NBA.com / February 20, 2023